Regiment of Foot 30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Foot 44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot 89th (Princess Victoria's) Regiment of Foot 5th Brigade, commanded by Major General Charles Stuart (mostly foreign troops) Minorca Regiment Régiment de Roll (French royalist/emigre) Dillon's Regiment (French royalist/emigre) 6th Brigade, commanded by Major General John Moore 23rd (Royal Welsh Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot 28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot 40th (the 2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot (3 coys) 42nd (Highland) Regiment of Foot (The Black Watch) 58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot Royal Corsican Rangers Artillery & Engineers, commanded by Brigadier General Robert Lawson No.5 Company, 1st Battalion, Royal Artillery under Captain William Mudge No.7 Company, 1st Battalion, Royal Artillery under Captain John Lemoine No.1 Company, 2nd Battalion, Royal Artillery under Captain Thomas Charleton No.5 Company, 3rd Battalion, Royal Artillery under Captain William Bentham No.5 Company, 5th Battalion, Royal Artillery under Captain F. M. Sproule No.6 Company, 5th Battalion, Royal Artillery under Captain G. Cookson No.7 Company, 5th Battalion, Royal Artillery under Captain I. Wood (detachments) No.2 Company, 2nd Battalion, Royal Artillery under Captain Daniel Gahan (detachments) No.4 Company, 2nd Battalion, Royal Artillery under Captain Henry Thomson (detachments) No.3 Company, 4th Battalion, Royal Artillery under Captain W. Wilson Maltese Pioneers 500 sailors assigned to the artillery Coming from Egypt, troops commanded by Major General Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet (moving from British Raj (India)) 84th (York and Lancaster) Regiment of Foot 2nd Bombay Native Infantry 13th Bombay Native Infantry (detachment) Madras Artillery (detachment) Bombay Artillery (detachment) Madras Sappers and Miners Royal Navy The Royal Navy squadron still in the area cruising off Alexandria was organised into; Squadron commanded by Captain Samuel Hood HMS Zealous (74 guns) HMS Goliath (74 guns) HMS Swiftsure (74 guns) HMS Seahorse (38 guns) HMS Emerald (36 guns) HMS Alcmene (32 guns) HMS Bonne Citoyenne (20 guns) HMS Fortune (18 guns) HMS Légère (2 guns) HMS Toride (2 guns) Timeline and battles 1798 19 May (30 Floréal year VI) – Departure from Toulon 11 June (23 Prairial year VI) – Capture of Malta 1 July (13 Messidor year VI) – Landing at Alexandria 13 July – Battle of Shubra Khit, French victory 21 July (3 Thermidor year VI) – Battle of the Pyramids, French land victory 1 and 2 August (14–15 Thermidor year VI) – Battle of the Nile, British naval victory over French squadron anchored in Aboukir Bay 10 August – Battle